“I have been speaking to the guys,” said Jackman, “and I’m not at liberty to tell exactly what’s going on. Which is largely framing my answer here… But there’s still a lot unknown about that, actually.

“There are some very exciting things about integrating the whole X-Men world, including the Wolverinemovie. There’s some really cool things going on.”

He then added of the James Mangold helmed sequel, “I’m very, very excited about that, actually.”